Non-refillable-bottle attachment.



PATENTED APR. 17, 1906. T. W. PRITGHARD & R. W. G. ELLISON.NON-RBPILLABLE BOTTLE ATTACHMENT.

E. A. SULLIVAN APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17.1905.

UNTTE STATES PATENT Brion.

EDWVARD ALAN SULLIVAN,

OF TORONTO, CANADA, THOMAS WILLIAM BRYN MAWR, PENNSYLVANIA.

NON-REFlLLA BLE-BOTTLE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed June 17,1905- Serialllo. 265,750.

, To all whom it may concern:

portion Be it known that we, EDWARD ALAN SUL- LIVAN, mechanicalengineer, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Provinceof Ontario, Canada, THOMAS WILLIAM PRITOHARD, insurance broker, ofGermantown, county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, andRoDMAN W. C. ELLISON,

gentleman, of Bryn Mawr, Montgomery county, in the State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNon-Refillable-Bottle Attachments, of which the following is thespecification,

Our invention relates to improvements in non-refillable-bottleattachments; and the object of the invention is to devise an attachmentof this class which may be applied to any ordinary style of neck, andthereby obviate the necessity of forming the neck specially, and whichwhen placed in the neck will be securely held therein and will allow ofthe free steady flow of the liquid when being poured, and yeteffectually prevent the ingress of foreign liquids and the consequentadulteration of the liquid contained in the bottle or the substitutionof an inferior liquid for the original, and. subsidiary objects are tomake the device so simple and cheap in construction that it may beintroduced generally, and to so construct the device that its effectiveoperation cannot be interfered with by tampering without destroying it;and it consists, essentially, of an open cage provided with a taperedupper portion having reverse V-shaped notches extending upwardly intothe tapered portion of a narrower width than the main openings of thecage, so as to form projecting shoulders, internal ribs formed in theinclined of thebars formed between the reverse V shaped notches, the topof the cage being preferably flat and the bottom being in the form of anannulus, a collar fitting around the annulus provided with aninwardlyextending flange, the major and minor balls fitting within thecage, the major ball having its seat on the flange and the minor ballits seat on the major ball, a ring fitting outside of the collar and theneck of the bottle, such ring being of yielding material and suitablycemented in position in the neck, a hood formed with an uppercylindrical portion having louver-like openings in the periphery and aflat top and the lower portion cone-frustum-shaped and slitted, the hoodbeing formed of spring metal, so as to allow of the slitted portion toyield as the hood is being pushed down into position in the neck, thebottom of such hood being designed to rest on the flexible ring, and afilling of any suitable cement surrounding the cone-frustumshapedportion of the hood and having the top preferably impressed with atrade-mark of the owner, the parts being otherwise constructed andarranged as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 1s a sectional perspective view showing my improved attachment.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hood. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the cage. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective details of the two portionsof the cage.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A is the cage, formed with the openings A, as indicated, and the taperedupper portion A having preferably the flat top A The tapered portion Ais provided with reverse V-shaped notches A, which are narrower than theopenings A, and thereby form shoulders A on each side of the openings,as indicated. The bars A, formed between the openings, are consequentlynarrower at the bottom than at the top, and at the top where the barinclines and is wider it is provided with inwardly-extending narrowlongitudinal ribs A The bottom of the cage is in the form of an annulusA A is a collar which is provided with an inwardly-extending flange A,which forms a seat for the major ball B.

The minor ball C rests on top of the major ball, and the openings A areso wide that when the bottle is tilted to pour out the liquid and theminor pered portion A the minor ball C will as the bottle is beingrestored to its normal position pass quickly down the ribs A andV-shaped notches A into the openings A and protrude beyond thecircumference of the cage, as indicated in Fig. 1, thereby alwaysquickly and effectually forcing the ma: or 'ball back on its seat.

The ribs A and the reverse V -shaped notches A materially insure therapidity of the movement of the minor ball and prevent any water seal ofthe ball in the top of the ball C runs up into the tacage. The bars ofthe cage being formed with shoulders A and the ball passing down betweenthe openings A beneath the shoulders A such ball is held in positionbetween two opposing shoulders A and the bottom ball. The effect of thisconstruction is that the ball is practically wedged in place, so thatshould any attempt be, made to shake the valve, so as to shake liquorinto the bottle when placed in the neck, such attempt will meet withfailure.

D is a ring made of yielding material, which is passed down into theneck with the collar A and suitably cemented in position.

Eis the hood, which is made with a flat top E and a cylindrical portionE having a series of louver-like openings E arranged in vertical sets.The lower portion of the hood is provided with a series of slits E andthe hood being made of spring metal allows of the contraction of thelower portion, which is formed in a cone-frustum shape. It will thus beseen that the hood may be forced down into the neck of the bottle intoposition. When in position, it will rest upon the ring D.

F is an annular filling of a suitable cement, such as plasterof-paris,which is placed around the cone-frustrum shaped bottom of the hood. Thetop of the filling is suitably impressed when soft with the trade-markof the owner.

It will be seen from the formation of the hood with the louver-likeopenings that it will be impossible to insert any wire in thelouver-like openings, which incline upwardly from the outside, andconsequently the valves cannot be tampered with.

It will now be seen from the construction herein described that theliquid may be poured out of the bottle when it is tilted and will passdirectly through the openings to and through the louver-like openingsand then out. The louver-like openings we find in practice form a meansat one side to allow of the air to pass up into the bottle through theopenings in the cage, and the ball being removed from its seat allowsthe liquid to pass around the same and out through the lowermostlouverlike openings.

We find in practice that such a construction as we describe allows ofthe liquid to pass out without any stoppage in its flow, there being nogurgling, but a constant supply of air, and consequently a steady flowof liquid outwardly.

From what has been heretofore described it will be understood thatshould any attempt be made to refill the major ball will always passimmediately to its seat, and thereby any ingress of the liquid into thebottle is obviated. The minor ball normally protrudes outside of theperiphery of the cage, so as to hold the valve-ball on its seat; but assoon as the bottle is tilted or shaken to pour out the liquid the minorball falls from its locked position and allows the major ball to passfrom its seat and the free egress of the liquid to occur.

From the construction we have described it will be understood that therapidity of the discharge does not in any way depend on the amount ofliquid remaining in the bottle.

What we claim as our invention is 1. A non-refillable-bottle attachmentcomprising a lower portion or cage having an in.- wardly-extendingflange, a ring formed of yielding material surrounding such lowerportion and adapted to be suitably cemented in the neck, and a ballhaving a seat on the inwardly-extending flange, and a hood fitting overthe cage and provided with louver-like openings in its periphery as andfor the purpose specified.

2. A non-refillable-bottle attachment comprising a lower portion or cagehaving an inwardly-extending flange, a ring formed of yielding materialsurrounding such lower portion and adapted to be suitably cemented inthe neck and a major ball having a seat on the inwardly-extending flangeand a minor ball designed to rest on protrude through one of theopenings in the cage when in the normal position as and for the purposespecified.

3. A non-refillable-bottle attachment comprising a lower portion or cagehaving an inwardly-extending flange, a ring formed of yielding materialsurrounding such lower portion and adapted to be suitably cemented inthe neck, and a ball having a seat on the inwardly-eXtending flange, ahood fitting over the cage and provided with louver-like open ings inits periphery and a slitted cone-frustum-shaped bottom portion, thebottom of which is designed to rest on the ring aforesaid as and for thepurpose specified.

4. A non-refillable-bottle attachment com prising a lower portion orcage having an inwardly-extending flange, a ring formed of yieldingmaterial surrounding such lower portion and adapted to be suitablycemented in the neck, and a ball having a seat on the inwardly-extendingflange, a hood fitting over the cage and provided with louver-like openings in its periphery, a slitted cone-frustumshaped bottom portion, thebottom of which is designed to rest on the ring aforesaid and a fillingof cement located peripherally outside the cone-frustum-shaped bottom ofthe hood as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a non-refillable-bottle attachment, a

the major ball and lower portion consisting of an open cage tapered atthe top and having reverse-\l-shaped notches forming an upward extensionofthe openings of the cage as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a non-refillable-bottle attachment, a lower portion consisting ofan open cage tapered at the top and having reverse-\l-shaped notchesforming an upward extension of the openings of the cage and shoulders atthe bottom of the tapered portion as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a non-refil1able-bottle attachment, a lower portion consisting ofan open cage tapered at the top and having reverse-V-shaped notchesforming an upward extension of the openings of the cage the bars betweenthe openings being provided with ribs on the inside of the inclinedportion as and for the purpose specified.

8. In a non-refillable-bottle attachment, a hood comprising acylindrical portion with a fiat top and louver-like openings in thecylindrical portion and a slitted conefrustum shaped bottom portion asand for the purpose specified.

EDWARD ALAN SULLIVAN.

THOMAS WILLIAM IRITCHARI). RODMAN W. C. ELLISON. Witnesses:

B. BOYD, G. SMITH.

